I have been twice in the jaws of death. Once
I was drowning, and the second time I was about to sink I was rescued. In the
twinkling of an eye everything I had said, done, or thought of, flashed across
my mind. I do not understand how everything in a man's life can be crowded into
his recollection in an instant of time, but nevertheless it all flashed through
my mind. Another time when I thought I was dying, it all came back to me again.
It is just so that all things we think we have forgotten will come back
by-and-by. It is only a question of time. We will hear the words, "Son,
remember," and it is a good deal better for us now to remember our sins and
confess them before it is too late. Christ said to His disciples, "Remember
Lot's wife." Over and over again, when the children of Israel were brought out
of Egypt, God said to them, "Remember where I found you, and how I delivered
you." He wanted them to remember His goodness to them, and the time is coming
when, if they forget His goodness and despise it, they will be without mercy.